Breastfeeding!

Hey boo,

So I’ve always thought in my head that Breastfeeding would be the most natural and easy part of motherhood but little did I know that it would actually be the exact opposite.

I’ve always heard of people saying their milk would just come out with no complications after their baby is born or some even before, we’ll I had no such luck. So as you know by 7am in the morning on the 5th of March, I especially already a mom and around 8am, my baby was already in my hands and I now had to do what a presumed was easy, feed her.

Firstly, I have what they call inverted nipples so you can imagine how I struggled with her latching to a point where my mother gave her formula milk because just wouldn’t stop crying. You probably wondering why I did not express the milk, well babes, I did but on some days I had to choose my struggle. I would either deal with engorged nipples then express cracked nipples because that just made it worse and the pain that came with it was unbearable, I think it literally took me two weeks to get it right.

How did I get it right? Well because I cat afford those expensive doctors, I did what I do best which is watching YouTube videos and a video by mommyandbabyapproved about Breastfeeding was the plug for me, I think she was talking about her 6 weeks update and I am so grateful to hear for that. I would simply breastfeed my girl while sleeping sideways and it work like magic, suddenly it wasn’t as painful as it was when I first started out.

Two months down the line, I was breast feeding properly but I just did not enjoy it and it didn’t feel like the mother-child bond people always talk about because my breast would still be painful and forever engorged, so I’m friend of mine advised me to press my breasts in warm water and rub them for 3days while bathing, that right there was the magic I had been needing because from that day onwards I breastfed like any other mom and I enjoy it, it ain’t heaven like they it is but I enjoy it.

Every journey may be different but as first time mothers we need to seek help where we struggle even if it’s from simple things like blogs, you tube videos. I still get a tingly feeling where I have to drink water while Breastfeeding everytime Emihle feeds on my left breast, I don’t know if that’s weird or shouldn’t be happening but hey it’s happening.

Please share your Breastfeeding experience with me, you probably one of the lucky ones and you thinking, you really went through all that?

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